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After doing nearly 3 months of consistent exercise at the gym, I could be more excited to hit the gym every two days. Because the result is REAL!

In Celebrity Fitness, member can take a fat measurement, mine is taken once a month. The result is awesome, not in a very great number of transformation, but I realise that my workout is working. For example, my Visceral Fat Ratting was down from 2 to 1. 1 is the best ratting, I thought this is also happen because of my breakfast routine on consuming granola and oats. I also gain 1,5 more kg weight, together with decreased fat and increased muscle mass.

I'm still cutting the fat and burn more to gain the muscle mass, that's why I take nutrition from BCAA Xplode Powder. Drinking BCAA during my exercise really improve my performance, energy and good mood. Though the product said can reduce the sore, it didn't help in me. I'm still sore like hell in the morning after the day of exercise. But the result is way better than not drinking at all.

I also bought a new gear last month, the most expensive shoes I ever bought. It's the Woman Nike Air Max Motion Low Shoe, but this bought is freaking worth the money, the comfortable tho, can't compare with another cheaper sneakers. Though my first leg day with the shoes don't run smoothly ( my finger food got cramped ), it became comfortable day by day.

Exercise without motivation is nearly impossible, that's way to stay motivated we all need a fitness guru, they can be an Idol, another athlete or else. My fitness guru is Whitney Simmons and Anllela Sagra. Both are gym freak, but they definitely different, as you know Simmons is curvy type and Sagra is muscular type. I like Whitney more than Anllela for the better 'How To' video, Whitney share a lot of useful video regarding the exercise for some part of the body, while Anllela's video is mostly just about the motivation, the show off of her long time exercise rather than the 'how to'. Anllela monetize her training class. So, if you want to get a free How To exercise, you can head to Simmons YouTube account here.

So here's my latest update for my exercise. My diet is still messed up, but I did decrease the consumption of sugar and diary, having dinner before 7pm and switch chips to nuts for snacks. I hope to be able to do a proper diet in the future :D

On April 24, 2017, as my boyfriend and I were celebrating our 8 years relationship, we also happen to held a very special event, a milestone in our very long relationship, our engagement. We really keep it as secret, no post mentioning about the preparation, we'd love to surprise people. LOL. Just kidding, no.

So, here I'm gonna share about my experience preparing the engagement parcel and so, I will try to explain in English and Bahasa. We held an engagement in Chinese tradition, it is also called Sangjit, seserahan in Bahasa. Basically, in the old Chinese or Buddhist tradition, Sangjit is an engagement ceremony where the groom present tributes to the groom, which is generally done after proposal and two month to one week before the wedding ceremony. And uh, we aren't going to get married in less than two months but in the next x months :P

Box of makeup, red dress and a shoes. The shoes here will be used in our wedding, it really help to sort of another unimportant things prior to the wedding. This box is a representation of the ability of a man who can fulfill the woman daily needs.

Box of one set of cloth fabric for grandmother, this is an additional request from my father. Since his root is Javanese, this box is named as Pesing in Java, seperti uang susu, ini adalah lambang terima kasih kepada Nenek dan Kakek yang masih hidup.

All of the box were prepared and wrapped by me :)

(Sorry for the bad photos, it was taken by a newbie)

And here is the list of stuff that I give to Hendra :

Box of red blouse, pant and a wedding shoes.

Box of sweet cake.

Box of two red syrup as the substitutes of the two wine. Di baki ini juga Uang Pesta dikembalikan ke pihak mempelai pria.

Sebenarnya tidak sulit mempersiapkan Sangjit, yang sulit itu kalau pihak keluarga banyak mintanya :D dan kami bersyukur sekali masing-masing keluarga "take it eazy" dan sama-sama tidak mau ribet, toh masing-masing sudah saling kenal. For us, this event is a formality and a commitment from ours that we were ready to take a serious path in the future, for a serious mark on preparing the big day. Menyatukan dua keluarga juga tidak mudah, butuh pengertian dan mengalah demi kebaikan bersama and we also encounter this conflict when selecting the date of our wedding. Geez, that's really take a lot of our energy but thank God we passed that hard time.

And, last but not least, this procession may different from each family. I said once again, it depends on each family tradition and never stick to one rule, so I open for any input from all of you who happen to celebrate in different way.

Notes in Our Sangjit Procession :

Red dress for every one in the event. This is undeniable, and no need for explanation. Ok, just kidding. Red is the symbol of happiness and all kind of positive energy in Chinese, not a strictly red by the way, any other color out of white and black is still allowed.

The Groom and his family came with the presents. People nowadays taking place in restaurant for a better environment or comfortability, but since my house is quite big and comfortable enough, the event take place in my house. The groom were not allowed to bring the boxes, it has to be brought by his family.